1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/vdbeapi.c b/src/vdbeapi.c
index 5923a4c01..a87b5c9ac 100644
--- a/src/vdbeapi.c
+++ b/src/vdbeapi.c
@@ -460,6 +460,14 @@ end_of_step:
 }
 
 /*
+** The maximum number of times that a statement will try to reparse
+** itself before giving up and returning SQLITE_SCHEMA.
+*/
+#ifndef SQLITE_MAX_SCHEMA_RETRY
+# define SQLITE_MAX_SCHEMA_RETRY 5
+#endif
+
+/*
 ** This is the top-level implementation of sqlite3_step().  Call
 ** sqlite3Step() to do most of the work.  If a schema error occurs,
 ** call sqlite3Reprepare() and try again.
@@ -477,7 +485,7 @@ int sqlite3_step(sqlite3_stmt *pStmt){
   db = v->db;
   sqlite3_mutex_enter(db->mutex);
   while( (rc = sqlite3Step(v))==SQLITE_SCHEMA
-         && cnt++ < 5
+         && cnt++ < SQLITE_MAX_SCHEMA_RETRY
          && (rc2 = rc = sqlite3Reprepare(v))==SQLITE_OK ){
     sqlite3_reset(pStmt);
     v->expired = 0;